The fans of Quake won't have to wait much longer to get their hands on Quake Live, as the official website has announced that registration for the Public Beta will begin this Tuesday. Quake Live is a free version of Quake 3:Gold that will run on web browsers.  It will be ad-supported. Quake Live is a first test to see if games can will be able to be downloaded and streamed through the internet... more.

CEO John Riccitiello has announced that American McGee will be working on a new "Alice" game with EA.  The orginal American McGee's Alice was a very noir, dark interpretaion of the classic Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.  The original came out for the PC back in 2000, and was also published and distrubited by EA. American McGee said, "This new project is a dream come true ... more.

In lieu of the growing popularity of the Xbox Live and Zune Marketplaces, Microsoft has decided to pull an Apple and open up their own retail store.  This latest endevore will totally cut the middleman out of the retail experience. Microsoft just announced that they will be opening up the chain of stores in order to "transform the PC and Microsoft buying experience."  Much like at the Apple S... more.

The masterminds behind the juggernaut mmo World of Warcraft have announced that they will not be appearing at E3 this year.  Although there is no known reason why yet, it is believed that Blizzard is trying to act more autonomously due to their success.  Activision, Blizzard's merger partner, has confirmed their participation in the events.  Activision was not present at E3 2008 after the amoun... more.

Activison, the creators of the cultural phenomenon Guitar Hero, has confirmed that they will be releasing another music based game, known as DJ Hero in the internet forums.  CEO of Activision, Bobby Kotick, confirmed the existence of the game as well as that it will be released late this year. Speaking about the upcoming innovation of games at the Davos World Economic Forum in Switzerland, Dav... more.

Clearly everbody is now feeling the hardships of the economy.  When Electronic Arts announced that they would be laying off about ten percent of their employees, the last thing on people's minds was that the studio that brought the best selling Madden series would be untouched.  However, Tribune studios is having a number of its approximately 700 employees laid off.  Tribune is the studio respo... more.

Metallica just announced on their website an offcial release date for Guitar Hero: Metallica, the outcoming spin off of the best selling rhythm game.  The game is due out for both the PS3 and Xbox 360 March 29th in the United States, with Wii and PS2 releases planned for early May. On top of 28 Metallica tracks, the game will also include about 20 tracks from bands that Metallica finds inspi... more.

In perhaps the most exciting news all week, several websites are all currently reporting that the demo for the highly anticipated game, Resident Evil 5, will be released on January 26th for the 360.  The demo is then expected to be released on the PS3 about a week later.  While the game has been out for a few weeks now on Japanese consoles, this will be the first time Americans will be able to e... more.

In an effort to promote to healthy lifestyles among children, Konami and Subway are teaming in order to cut the amount of children with weight problems in the US.  Each Kid's Meal purchase will include a Dance Dance Revolution Premium toy.  The toys include branded Action Armband, Water Bottle, Disco Revolution, Pencil Pal, Dancemania and Break-it-Down. Each of the Kids Meals will come in a ... more.

Konami's latest entry in the survival horror franchise was able to survive the horror of Australia's strict video game outlines.  Silent Hill: Homecoming just got the ability to sell in the land down under, receiving the Ma15+ max rating that the Australia rating system allows. Video games in Australia cannot receive the R18+ rating as it is only allowed for movies. Silent Hill: Homecoming is ... more.